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Considering our unsuccessful trip to London that ended in a pub in Ostrava
I bought the ticket to Vilnius, Lithuania to go to see Alina. Travelling there
was not so funny from the beginning, because I still felt a little wasted from
the last night, but I managed to overcome it.

Castle Street in the Vilnius city centre

It was very nice to be in Vilnius again, I really like the city. The weather
was nice and we were mostly walking in the streets and enjoying. I also had to
try as much as possible from the Lithuanian cuisine, so food during my stay was
mainly provided by the Čili restaurant chain .

Banks of the Neris river

I regret I was there for such a sort time, I hope I will return there as
soon as possible. But first I have to finish my school projects and exams .

I have finally got some time to write posts about recent events, they will
follow after this one. But first I would like to share some pictures from
Vilnius. Most of them I took while I was walking in to the city centre
and back.

On Friday we decided to relax and visit Trakai, a small town not far from
Vilnius. We took a bus and in less than 45 minutes we were there. The weather
was beautiful, just the temperature could be lower. 28 degrees in shade was too
much for me.

Trakai castle

The town is almost entirely surrounded by large lakes. In the northern part
there is a large castle on an island. We did not go inside, but we took a boat
trip around the lake. The funny thing was, that as soon as we entered the boat,
it started raining heavily. Everywhere you could see sunshine, but our boat was
almost the whole way under the small rain cloud .

Although the weather was too hot and tiring, it was a very nice spent Friday.
It was the first of many trips we plan to make in the Baltic region.

I have not written anything here for quite some time, because I was quite
busy. First I had to pass all my exams. I did not put so much effort into
studying, but in the end, everything went all right. The only „glitch“ was
the big project team exam. The teachers were really slow, we spent there over
6 and half hours. After that, we were so tired we could not resist the mark we
got. Maybe it was the point . My parents came for me directly after my last exam.
We packed all my stuff and my bike to the car and headed back to Czech Republic.
It was a very long journey.

I planned to stay in the Czech Republic for one week. I was working during
the day and meeting my friends in the evening. It was exhausting , but I finally could taste good Czech beer. When
the week was over, I packed my things again and took a bus to Lithuania.

So now I am relaxing here in Vilnius, working a little, trying to study and
having fun.

I finally found some time to write another blog entry. I wanted to make
another trip before I finish my studies in Denmark, so two weeks ago me and
Alina went to Lithuania together.

We flew from Copenhagen to Riga, where we stayed couple hours. We just walked
around the city, but deliberately avoided the old town, because we are planning
to visit it again during the summer. Then we took a bus to Vilnius. Our first
action there was visiting Čili Pica, where I tasted a good meal again
(really exceptional comparing to Danish „food“) .

Vilnius

The time I was there was working time, I needed to prepare for my exams and
Alina was finishing her thesis. But it did not mean we could not have fun. We
went to play bowling, visit the cinema (see my Caroline blog entry). We also
visited Visaginas, Alina's home town, for two days. I also walked a lot around
the Vilnius city centre and surroundings. You can take a look at the pictures
(first few are from Riga).

I did not want to go back to Denmark so much, but I had to finish
my exams.

In the beginning of February I went to Lithuania to visit my girlfriend
Alina for a week. The journey there was quite all right, except the fact
I needed to get up at 2 o'clock in the morning. For some reason I could not
sleep in the train, but I took a nap during the whole flight .

Alina and Antanas were waiting for me at the airport. When I stepped out of
the terminal, I felt a temperature shock. In Denmark there was around
0 degrees, in Vilnius –17. Hopefully, Antanas took us to the central bus
station by car. He also showed us, how to do wheelspin and burn tires even on a
very icy parking lot (shit happens, forgot a handbrake ). At the bus station we took a bus to the edge of
Vilnius.

First day we spent at place of the Alina's friend, Rita. We also went for a
trip to Trakai, which is a historic region with a lot of lakes and a castle. It
was very freezing weather, so our trip was short. In the evening we went to the
cinema for the movie „Yes Man“. When we woke up, we went to see the city
centre. It was still freezing, but we survived that .

Vilnius Cathedral

In the afternoon we travelled by bus to Alina's home town, Visaginas, where
we spent another three days. It is rather small town, but it has much to offer,
so we had lot of fun. It is also close to a very big lake. As you can see, the
weather was not suitable for swimming so much, just for walking on the ice .

Frozen Visaginas lake

Our next stop was Kaunas, the second largest city in Lithuania. We met our
friends from Denmark Antanas and Vaida there. In the evening we again went to
the cinema, this time for the movie „Doubts“ and then to the hill to observe
Kaunas at night. Next day we walked through the city. I have to say, it was
much more beautiful in the night .

Kaunas

From Kaunas we travelled back to Vilnius. The bus stopped absolutely
everywhere, so the journey took about four hours. In the night we explored
Vilnius old town. We went to see it again on the next day again, it was my last
day there. I was quite in a hurry to go shopping and then catch my flight and
I did not have enough time to see a lot.

Just before leaving I bought lot of stuff that is hard to get or awfully
expensive in Denmark: alcohol, frying pan for our kitchen and a big light bulb
(12 cm) to my room. At the airport security check they really had fun because
of me. After I put the baggage into the X-ray, the security people were looking
at the monitor and laughing. Then the woman asked me to open the bag. She took
the light bulb and said something like: „Hey, he's really got a lamp here“
. I asked if it was a problem and she replied that
it was not, but it was highly unusual.

The plane had a delay of 25 minutes because of some problems on the
Copenhagen airport. Because of that I missed my direct train and had to wait at
the Copenhagen central station for more than half hour.

During the stay I tried various meals, mostly Lithuanian specialities, but
also some Russian stuff. Is was really delicious . Now I am a little bit disgusted with just looking
at the Danish food (poor taste, high price).

The trip was amazing, I had lot of fun and I hope am going to return there
very soon.